The Palisades Fire erupted Tuesday and ripped through this coastal enclave. By Friday morning, the fire scorched 20,438 acres with only 8% contained.

Residents of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood near Los Angeles, California, are now taking stock of widespread devastation as a wind-driven wildfire continues to burn through the community. (Scripps

California’s insurance commissioner won’t allow canceled or nonrenewed policies in and around the fire zones for a year.

A brush fire broke out Tuesday near the Pacific Palisades, a coastal neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, and quickly exploded.

The Eaton and Palisades fires have burned more than 34,000 acres in Los Angeles County − an area larger than the city of San Francisco. The two fires cover the widest area among five fires in the vicinity and are raging through densely populated zones.

Los Angeles is reeling from the most destructive wildfires in its history, and firefighters are struggling to contain the devastating blaze.

In 2019, the number of homeowners’ policies in California that were not renewed jumped by more than thirty per cent. In 2023, two giant insurers, State Farm and Allstate, announced that they would stop writing new policies for various forms of property insurance in California.